Cricket Free Tips | Road Safety World Series 2020-21, Match 16: England Legends vs West Indies Legends

The match 16 of the Road Safety World Series 2020-21 will be held at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, played between England Legends and West Indies Legends. The match will be kicked off on 16th March (Tuesday) at 19:30 (GMT+6). 

Both sides must win in order to progress to the semi-finals. The England Legends are coming back from 2 big defeats to South Africa and Sri Lanka, respectively. The batting has been the main cause of both the defeats. England is overly reliant on Kevin Pietersen, and if he fails, their batting might be under pressure.

In their most recent match, the West Indies Legends defeated the Bangladesh Legends. Their batting is looking good, and we can expect them to keep playing like this. Against a shaky English batting line-up, we can expect their bowling to perform better than what they’ve done so far in the tournament

Weather
The final game of the Road Safety World Series’ group stage will be played in perfect weather for a cricket game. The temperature will stay around 27 Degrees Celsius, with humidity levels increasing slightly as the match progresses.

Pitch
The average score on this pitch is 141, with the surface throwing up some varied scores in recent matches. Since the pitches in Raipur have been conducive to turn, Suleiman Benn and Monty Panesar will be served as strike bowlers.

Probable Playing XIs

England Legends:
Kevin Pietersen (C), Phil Mustard (WK), Darren Maddy, James Tredwell, Chris Schofield, Ryan Sidebottom, Usman Afzaal, Monty Panesar, Owais Shah, Chris Tremlett, Matthew Hoggard.

West Indies Legends:
Brian Lara (C), Ridley Jacobs (WK), William Perkins, Sulieman Benn, Adam Sanford, Dwayne Smith, Kirk Edwards, Dinanath Ramnarine, Tino Best, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ryan Austin.

England Legends vs West Indies Legends Dream11:
D Smith (C) . D Maddy (VC), K Pietersen, P Mustard, R Jacobs, D Maddy, J Tredwell, B Lara, D Smith, T Best,  S Benn, M Panesar C Schofield.

Predictions

Match Winner
West Indies Legends

Winning The Toss
West Indies Legends

Top Batsman (Runs Scored)
Brian Lara (West Indies Legends), Kevin Pietersen (England Legends)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken)
Sulieman Benn (West Indies Legends), Monty Panesar (England Legends)

Most Sixes
Brian Lara (West Indies Legends), Kevin Pietersen (England Legends)

Player of the Match
Brian Lara

Team Scores Batting first
West Indies Legends 170+, England Legends 160+

None of the side is perfect, and they all have flaws to contend with. But since the batting of the England team has struggled in their previous 2 matches, West Indies Legends are predicted to win this game!